Nathan Leadgate

ON LEADERSHIP, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND EX*****ON DISCIPLINE
Sincere gratitude to Linus Okorie and the entire leadership team of GOTNI Leadership Centre for the opportunity to share insights on How Emotional Intelligence propels Executive Intelligence to the audience of Deputy Vice Chancellors, Deputy Rectors, and Deputy Provosts of Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions.
The subject of emotional intelligence is one that address:
1. Self- Awareness. Are you conscious of your values and how they find expression in your thoughts, feelings (emotions), and actions?

2. Self-Management. Are you equipped to handle deviations from your values? Can you caution yourself from going astray?

3. Social Awareness. How much of other people and institutions are you aware of? Every leader should be conscious of other people’s values, triggers, feelings, and actions.

4. Relationship Management. How do you continue to engage others and deliver results together in spite of obvious concerns about alignment in approach and values? Leaders must anticipate behaviors and position to manage them without depriving everyone of value.

I told them that
- what you know about yourself is Self Awareness.
- what you know about others and institutions is Social Awareness
- what you do with what you know about yourself is Self Management
- what you do with what you know about other people and institutions is Relationship Management

The highlight of the day was when I used my signature fable of A Sick Farmer, His Pig, and His Chicken. I shared how the lack of emotional intelligence on the part of the pig and chicken led to the death of the farmer.

It was a great experience for me and I am grateful that the opportunity enabled me to contribute to the capacity development intervention of our tertiary institutions powered by TETFund

The opportunity to serve on the Research and Publications Committee of the under the leadership of Professor Funke Amobi has been one of the best things I’ve done in a while.

The beauty of participating at the 3rd Academic Conference under the Committee Chair of Dr. Nneka Idam and the distinguished leadership of our President the Governing Council is something I’ll remember for a long time.

I want to thank my colleagues from that attended the conference as well. We are inspired to position ourselves to deliver greater value to our clients in this AI-driven world.

This is a season of movements.
This is a season of advancements.
This is a season for resilience
This is a season for courage.
This is a season with HOPE!

Let’s make the best use of the times that we are in. Every season carries within it hidden benefits which is the lot of those bold enough to discover them.

I wish you well.

There’s an action that once taken does more work than multiple memos.


When you want to communicate the extent of importance you attach to a value or belief, ACTIONS and DECISIONS are better tools than TOWNHALLS and MEMOS.


There are folks that once they are let go from a system in spite of how valuable everyone thought they were, it sends multiple signals across the line.


Just use one action to tell others how to shape up.




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ARE YOU TRULY OFFERING VALUE? There are questions about rewards in the heart of every professional.

These questions range from:
- Why are my efforts and capabilities not translating into the results I expect?
- How does value actually move from possibility to outcomes?
- Why do different positions within the same system produce radically different outcomes?
- What kind of person consistently positions themselves where value truly matters?

We all should strive to move from being V.I.Ps to becoming V.A.Ps (Value-Adding Personalities)

A Value-Adding Personality is not defined by temperament.
A VAP is defined by how they think, decide, and position themselves in systems of value flow.